Seaplane Adventure: Vancouver to Butchart Gardens

Experience the thrill of a seaplane flight from Vancouver to Victoria, followed by a bus tour to the stunning Butchart Gardens. Explore Victoria’s attractions before returning to Vancouver.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Harbour Air Seaplanes - Start your adventure at the Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre, located in the vibrant downtown area of Vancouver at the picturesque Coal Harbour. Arrive 40 minutes prior to your flight for check-in and a brief safety briefing. Then, board your floatplane and take off for a 35-minute scenic flight—a thrilling yet peaceful…
What's Included
  • Return Airfare
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Admission to The Butchart Gardens
  • Whole-day, self-guided tour
  • Ground transportation to and from The Butchart Gardens
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Food, beverages and meals at Butchart Gardens or in Victoria
  • Personal purchases and souvenirs at The Butchart Gardens
  • Travel insurance
Additional Information

Kick-start your adventure from Vancouver Harbour on a thrilling seaplane journey over the Gulf Islands, leading you to the stunning city of Victoria. Follow this up with a scenic bus tour to the internationally renowned Butchart Gardens. Once in Victoria, enjoy shopping, the Royal BC Museum, and a range of other attractions that are just a short walk…

Location
Harbour Air Seaplanes
Canada Place
Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre Unit #1 - 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC, V6C 0C3 The seaplane terminal is located at Burrard Landing in Coal Harbour. Parking is available at 1095 W Waterfront Rd, Vancouver, BC. Check-in for your flight 40 minutes ahead of the scheduled departure.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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P21ruamyb
Jun 9, 2026
Worth the trip! - Beautiful flights and the gardens are worth the journey!
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Geelong12
Jun 7, 2026
Fabulous day adventure - From the moment we checked in we knew it was going to be a great day. The flight was amazing and the scenery spectacular. The trip to Butchart Gardens was incredible. You could easily come back and visit frequently and still be impressed. The whole day was well worth it and enough time to explore Victoria
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Susan_h
May 31, 2026
Flawless Trip, Good Communications - Very well coordinated trip! Everyone along the entire trip was wonderful! We had a great seaplane ride from Vancouver BC to Victoria BC. The airline terminal was clean and modern, friendly staff and complimentary coffee! The trip was seamless and fun! We loved Jackie, our bus driver and tour guide. The only area we felt could have made it any easier was if the full itinerary on the website was printable.
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Amanda_p
May 22, 2026
Unforgettable experience! - Pose and take-off calm and safe. Everything very well organized. Wonderful views. All perfect.
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Page_p
May 22, 2026
Beyond wonderful - It was all that it was advertised to be. Seaplane is the way to go!! If you don't do it you will be exhausted at the end of a very long day. That being said, its not inexpensive but the value is definitely there!!
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Bill_sedona
May 9, 2026
Outstanding Experience - Tickets were easily obtained. Clear communication of all transfers happened. Traveling to and from the Garden was better than expected.
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Chris
Nov 30, 2025
Everything went as... - Everything went as planned!! We enjoyed our flight and loved the gardens!! Highly recommend this tour!
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Deborahl763
Sep 18, 2025
Well worth the trip to Victoria - We had a terrific experience. We did spot whales from the air. Weather was clear for the flight so the vistas were amazing.
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Toni_h
May 1, 2026
Not enough time. - The plane journey and structure was seamless. The bus ride to the gardens was not. The establishment travel time was 40min it ended up being 70min this was really disappointing due to creating limited time at the gardens.
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Don_r
Sep 19, 2025
NOT a real Viatour Tour. Over priced, poorly planned and executed. - This is not a “proper Viatour Tour”. It is a Harbour Air floatplane, a Grayline bus and a ticket to the gardens packaged together. There is no tour guide or Viatour representative. The instructions were dismally lacking. There is no one along the way to inform you of where things are. The Viatour itinerary was dead wrong. It said our outbound flight from Vancouver to Victoria was at 11:15 AM which meant a required 10:35 AM check-in. Fortunately I called Harbour Air directly the day before and found out the flight was at 11:00 AM. If we had followed Viatour’s itinerary (emailed to me) we would have missed the flight entirely. When one arrives in Victoria Harbour there is no one to direct you, or signage, to the bus to the garden. Telling us it is by the Empress hotel isn’t terribly helpful when the Hotel complex occupies about 4 city blocks. By the time we found our way we had missed the 12:00 Noon bus. So, we had to stand in the sun for AN HOUR waiting for the 1:00 PM bus. There were not enough busses and many people toward the end of the line had to wait yet another hour in the sun for the 2:00 PM bus. That’s right, only one bus an hour and not enough busses with 2 monster cruise ships in port! We finally got to the gardens at 1:55 PM and the bus driver said we better be in line early for the bus to return to the port as there aren’t enough busses. We were supposed to be on the 4:00 PM bus to arrive at the Empress hotel by 4:50 PM to walk to the Harbour Air terminal to check in by 5:20 PM for the scheduled 6:00 PM flight back to Vancouver. With the shortage of busses we cut our visit short to stand in line for 3:00 PM bus back so that if it was full we would be at the head of the line for the 4:00 PM bus as we couldn’t afford to miss the seaplane back to Vancouver. The busses are first come, first served, of course except for the line cutters! So in the end, we only had an hour at the gardens. As it turned out we caught the 3:00 PM bus so we went to the Harbour Air terminal and asked if we could change to an earlier flight. It appears that Viatour only provides NON-CHANGEABLE TICKETS! The bottom line is we PAID US$1,047.76 for 2 people to spend most of the day asking strangers (no Viatour representatives around) where to go and then standing in line to have ONE (1) MEASLY HOUR at the gardens! This was not Viatour’s finest day. We have used them before and while this was clearly nowhere near comparable to their previous offerings I will be very careful and give a lot of thought to ever using them again!
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).